Metallic tie and rail-fastening.



. PATBNTED MAY 21, 1907.

J. T. HALLAVM. Y METALLIGTIE AND RAIL FASTENING.

APPLIOATION FILED F3123, 1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. JOHN T. HALLAM, or REIOING, PENNSYLVANIA.

"METALLIC TIE AND RAIL-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907 Application filed February 23, 1907- Serial No. 358,890.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known thatI, JOHN T. HALLAM,

citizen of the United States of America, re-.

siding at Reicing, in the county of Washing-- the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying draw- Ihis invention relates to metallic ties and rail fasteners, and the invention has for its jacent to its ends to provide rail seats 2 for object to dispense with the ordinary wooden tie, fish bars or plates, and nuts commonly employed for providing a firm foundation an roadbed for a railway track.

Another object of this'invention is to provide a metallic tie for supporting rails having a novel rail fastener requiring little, if any, skill to place in position.

A further object of this invention is to provide a rail fastener which will prevent latera and vertical displacement of rails. I

- With the above and other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and'arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims, and referring to the drawing forming art of this specification, like numerals of re erence designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of a tie constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a plan of the same, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a portion of -a tie illustrating the fasteners thereof in elevation, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the rail fasteners, ig. 5 is a perspective view of a wad e used 1n connection with the rail fastener, i dis a perspective view of a modified form ofwedge.

My improved metallic tie consists of an oblong body portion 1 which is cut away ad:

rails 3, and flanges 4 adapted to'overlie the outer base flanges of the rails 3. The ends of the tie are reinforced with ribs 5, said ribs bracing the'web portions of the rails 3 upon the outer sides thereof.

Thebody portion of the tie is provided be tween the rail seats 2 with a longitudinally disposed groove 6 to accommodate two similar rail fasteners 7. These rails fasteners at their outer ends are notched to provide a rail seat 2, and are also provided with an upwardly extending rojection 7 which is adapted to'engage t e inner face of the rail web. The base of the rails 3 therefor seats on the led e or seat 2 provided therefor in the tie, and on the seat 2 provided therefor in the rail fasteners. The inner ends of these fasteners abut each other, and have transverse grooves 8 forming, when the fasteners are in position, a slot 9 which alineswith transverse openings 10 in the tie.

To retain the fasteners 7 within the longitudinally disposed groove 6, I employ a wedge 11 the smaller end of said wedge 'belng provided an opening 12 to receive a pin or key 14. In lieu of using the pin or key 14, I can provide the end of the wedge wit) a threaded shank 15 and upon said shark thread a nut which will serve as well to hold the wedge within the tie as the pin or key 4.

In order that the abutting rail fastener can be easily and quickly removed from the grooves 6 I provide one of said fasteners with a catch 16, whereby the inner end ofsaid fastener can be easily elevated.

From the'novel construction of m im- )roved metallic'tie and rail fastener, it will e observed that it is impossible for lateral or! vertical displacement of the rails 3, also it will be impossible for the rail fasteners to become disconnected from the rails or the tie, by vibrations of rolling stock moving upon the rails 3.

I t is thought that the many advantages of my improved metallic tie and rail fastener 'will beapparent to those skilled'in the art of railv ray construction, and I desire it to be underslzood'that such variations in the structural details of the inventiomas are permissible by the appended claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A metallic tie provided adjacent each end with a rail seat and having integral rail fasteners above said rail seats, said tie provided between the rail seats with a central longitudinal groove, in combination with. rail fasteners seated 1n said groove, each of said rall fasteners formed at its outer end with a rail seat and an integral rail clamp, the inner ends of in the abutting inner ends of said rail fastepin the presence of t ers, a Wedge passing through the slots 1n 881d 1 siiid rail fasteners being in abutting engege- I earned by vone of said rail fasteners at its ment and bang grooved, the sald t1e hevmg l mner end.

transverse slots reglstermg wlth the grooves In testimony whereof; afiix my signature W0 wltnesses- 0 JOHN T. HALLAM. tie and the grooves in sand rall fasteners for 'Witnesses:

' securing the latter in the tie, means for se- MAX H. SRoLoviTz,

curing said wedge in position, and a catch 0. V. Bnooxs. 

